Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi reaffirmed China's commitment to upholding multilateralism and multilateral trade rules on Monday, during BRICS foreign ministers meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that the United States pursues unilateralism and prioritizes its own country, placing its own interests above international public interests.
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Compromise will only embolden the bully: Chinese FM
Compromise will only embolden the bully: Chinese FM
Compromise will only embolden the bully: Chinese FM
Compromise will only embolden the bully: Chinese FM
Compromise will only embolden the bully: Chinese FM
Compromise will only embolden the bully: Chinese FM
Compromise will only embolden the bully: Chinese FM
Wang regards it imperative to uphold multilateral trade rules. Having long reaped enormous benefits from free trade, the United States is now using tariffs as leverage to extort exorbitant demands from other nations, he said.
If one chooses to stay silent and compromise, it will only embolden the bullies to push further, Wang warned.
He urged BRICS countries to jointly oppose all forms of protectionism and firmly uphold the rules-based multilateral trading system with the World Trade Organization at its core.
Compromise will only embolden the bully: Chinese FM
Compromise will only embolden the bully: Chinese FM
Compromise will only embolden the bully: Chinese FM
Compromise will only embolden the bully: Chinese FM
Compromise will only embolden the bully: Chinese FM
Compromise will only embolden the bully: Chinese FM
Compromise will only embolden the bully: Chinese FM
